Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-09

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LEaKxcER-
Charles Parker. the man vhs sftempa
ed te Get away from MeEeai Island an
nsariy saeoesded, makina use Of q snnal
bost TIE psopaEfF Of the insfitafion
uas aKEaizned 10 oouFt yesterday morn
iaR and pteaded not guilty. He was ~
nands4 % jail and viii be tried later.
On the jury that had been s1mmoaei
70 hear The eo1nty eases we're f0al
women Who Appeared tn court. and aftei
an expla1afion By yadee H0yt as 10 IL
attitude Of the esurt toward women q
jurors. they we're discharged They
we're Mrs. keihlmyer, Mrs i. Applehee
Mrs. l. Bartlett and Mrs. n. Grifhths
They left the court room smiling viii
evident expressions Of relief.
Tue case Of the Territory againsf 2. J
Rslph for the breaking Of Gross Bros
windov and stealing therefFom sever
silver dollars, vas called. O0lone
R0Rers vas appointed By the court &
defend. The prisoner Il . large mar
With 3 heavy, red moustache, aad 81
biashine through the trial to ths
color Of the same. In this eass
B. W. OoineF, ESQ, made his deb1i
before the court in the trial Of causes ~
District Attorney. Sheriff Wils's FRS
act in the line Of his new duty, also, val
the issuance Of subpoenas for witnesses
In this ease. After the Territory had
put In It's evidence plaintiff decided tS
withdraw his plea of not guilty and en-
tered one Of guilty. He will be sen
tened this morning.
OfdosF DufaeId vas awarded Sac
more for q still later opium seizure than
that which drew for him $1,000 q feu
days age. it nov appears that Dufield
Il net the fortunate owner Of the entire
Doodle, es the niaht force Of police re-
ceivs q share.
Lotus L8baneo vas made q citizen by
the court yesterday morning.
THE BUILDING BOOM.
2. s Harmon has received Telegram
from his father (who 10 in the East 10
bay Pacific avenue lot and Srepara for
the erection Of buildine at once. Mr..
Harmon, the elder, was the posse scr OF
some property back East. and recently
received an offer Of &1S.Cc0 for il. He
decided to 20 East and close the bargain.
De left Tacoma some weeks, and the
telegram to his son would indicate that
be bad carried out the programme an
vas about 10 plant the Sls.Co0 where It
will do the most good in Tacoma.
A. d. Kitch en-. of Lincoln, Neb., AZ
rived In Tacoma q few days ago and
purchased 40 acres Of land lying ad-
jaoent to the city southwark. He has
returned TO Nebraska.
W. j. Thompson, President Of the
Merchants National bank, purchased
yesterday morning from A. g. Vraden-
burg q tract OF 100 acres Of land lying
south Of the city and near the race track
@. A. Daniels, the architect, has about
completed the plan for the new build
inG to be put up on Pacific avenue op-
poeite 10th street. by Campbell and Pow
ell. The building will be Of brick with
stores taking up the first floors on both
Pacific avenue and Railroad street, and
the second stery from both thorough
fares being built into suite Of rooms 20
be used as Offices. Tue whole will be
lighted by a skylight in the centre of
the buiIding.
Huntington & Little. co atracioFs and
brick manufacturers, say they are well
prepared TO stave of the lhTeatenfd
brick famine. being prepared TO turn
out at least 5000 brick per day. They
have secured the following c3utracts
which they propose beginning work
upon at once: The three story brick for
O. B. Wright. Jr., on Pacific avenue; q
three story brick for Secretary Wilson
on Pacific avenue; a two story brick for
Sampson 4 Uz0foraRe on Pacifi avenue.
Plans for the following buildings 20 be
erected this spring are now in the bands
Of the architects: A two story building
on Pacific avenue for Myer kaufman;
q two story 25xl00 building on Pacific
avenue for l.. Wolf; a two story build
ing en- Pacific avenue for ID. Lewis.
THE COMMITTEE ON DATA.
The Comnittea on Statistics of the
Chamber Of Commerce, 4. Meeker, s.
Wilkeson, L. Z. Sampson, g. E. Atkin-
son and w. j. Fife, met yesterday after
noon at the Chamber and elected 4.
Meeker as Chairman and w. j. Fife,
Score arv. The committee divided MP
its work into five parts, assigning to Z.
Meeker the duty Of preparing data upon
agrscultare; s. WiIkesou, home manu-
facture and other enterprises Of home
industry; l.. +. Sampson, shipping aud
fisheries Of the Territory; George Z. At
kiason, the Numbering industry Of the
Territory; W. j. Fife, the coal, coke,
lime and iron ore. They will report at
the call of the Chairman and the result
Of their several labJrs will be given to
the public through the press.
Judge @. N. Senter, of the Seoond
Ward, bad his FIRST case before him yes
terday morning, and this was continued
Sntil this morning because of defec-
tive sfi lavit. The case vas Aitken vs.
Dsncaster-a claim for a doctors bill
transferred from DR.. Harvey to @. Il.
Aitken.
Il is reported from up the valley that
the hop acreage will be increased by
several hundred acres this year. Farm
ers are already preparing the land for
an extension Of their possibilities.
The meetings held at the Presbyterian
Church by the HampsoR Hemus evan
eelisss at noon everyday are hereafter
TO be held in the hall of the Y. NJ. O. A.
at l:45 pm, and continuing for one
hoaF. The members Of the Ministerial
Union will hold an important meeting
at the close of the revival meeting 10.
day.
David Lister 10 at work upon an order
Just received from the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company for the iron castings
t0A aNSaNy 1IN goaa wis soACshEA WIN
the castings for q new Howe trass
bridge TO span the soath fork Of the
Puyallup river.
viii Wright, formerly Of Tacoma,
now With Albert Mao & Co., Of San
Francisco, IL IN the city With bis wife.
A. @. Smith, who has large interests
10 Tacoma. Is on ais way to this city
from bis home In Rochester, N. Y.
The tearing down and moving cut OF
some Of the wooden buildings on the
avenue has made . big demaBd for
brick buildings.
The Tacoma Light 4 Water Com
pany have received their large electric
lights for the streets. and will soon have
them pat IN position.
There is some talk OF another daily
paper being started in Taooms by par
ties from the East.
PoRr TOWNSEND NEws.